tick fever
91Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever — A viral disease characterized by hemorrhage (bleeding) and fever. Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a severe disease with a high mortality (death) rate. The geographical distribution of the virus, like that of the tick that carries it, is …
92American dog tick — noun common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia • Syn: ↑wood tick, ↑Dermacentor variabilis • Hypernyms: ↑hard tick, ↑ixodid • Member Holonyms: ↑Dermacentor, ↑ …
93relapsing fever — Pathol. one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks. Also called recurrent fever. [1840 50] * * *… …
94cattle tick — noun : a tick (Boophilus annulatus) infesting cattle in the warmer parts of the United States and in tropical America and transmitting the parasite that causes Texas fever; broadly : any of several other ticks attacking cattle especially in… …
95wood tick — noun common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia • Syn: ↑American dog tick, ↑Dermacentor variabilis • Hypernyms: ↑hard tick, ↑ixodid • Member Holonyms: ↑Dermacentor, ↑ …
96texas fever tick — noun Usage: usually capitalized T : a cattle tick (Boophilus annulatus) * * * Texas fever tick, the tick that transmits Texas fever; cattle tick …
97Q fever — Pathol. an acute, influenzalike disease caused by the rickettsia Coxiella burnetti. [1935 40; abbrev. of query] * * * ▪ pathology also called rickettsial pneumonia or Balkan grippe acute, self limited, systemic disease caused by the… …
98Queensland tick typhus — One of the tick borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but less severe, with fever, a small ulcer (eschar) at the site of the tick bite, swollen glands nearby (satellite lymphadenopathy),… …
99East Coast fever — ( theileriosis ) is a disease of cattle caused by the protozoan parasite Theileria parva . The term excludes diseases caused by other Theileria , such as tropical theileriosis (also known as Mediterranean theileriosis), caused by T. annulata ,… …
100Indian tick typhus — n a disease of India that is caused by a tick borne member of the genus Rickettsia (R. conorii) and is prob. identical with or closely related to boutonneuse fever * * * Israeli tick typhus boutonneuse fever …
